Coat-hanger



A, F. JOHNSON.

COAT HANGER.

APiLICATION FAI'LED JULY a, 1916.

1,316,618. PatentedSept. 23, 1919.

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UNITED STATES PATENT onsro ALTON F. JOHNSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

' COAT-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. as, rare.

Application filed July 8, 1918. Serial No. 108,131.

To all whom it may concern: 1

.Be it known that I, ALTON F. JOHNSON,

a citizen of the United States, residing at the same.

will permit the same to Another object of my invention is to rovide a coat hanger of the kind described which will safely hold a garment, but which be dislodged by a violent jerk or pull, thus preventing the tearing of the garment.

Another object of the invention is to provide a safety garment hanger, which will positively look a. garment in position with any desired degree offorce, thus making it possible'to lock overcoats or the like with suflicient force to firmly secure the same without looking fine garments with force enough to tear or ruflie them.

Other objects and advantages of the in -vention will appear as the description to numeral 1 represents a coat hanger of or follow proceeds.

In the drawings Figure 1 is an elevation of a coat hanger with my clamp applied thereto,

Figs. 2, 3, and 4 are similar views of modifications of the invention.

Reference now being had to the drawi s,

1- nary construction, provided with a shank 2, having a hook 3. Rigidly mounted. upon the hanger portion 1 are a pair ofclamps 4,

bolted thereto as indicated, to which are pivoted the blades 5, overlying the arms of the hanger. Springs 6 serve to keep the blades 5 clamped upon the hen er 1, springs 6 and blades 5 being upturne at their inner ends to provide finger hold 7, whereby the blades may be lifted at the same time the shank 2 is grasped to support the hanger in the hand andto permit the removal or attachment of a garment thereto.-

In Fig. 2 is a modification of the form with shown in Fig. 1, showing slightly different form.

In Fig. 3' is another modification, in whlch the blades. 5 are pivoted by cross pins 9, passing through forked extensions 0 therefrom and through the hanger 1, a spring 11 being attached to the lower ends of the ex tensions 10 to provide resilient pressure.

Fig. 4 is a modification substantially the springs 6 of a same as that shown in Fig. 3, in which view the blades 5 are provided with raised portions 12. to accommodate a coat collar or the like.

The degree of pressure with which the garment is locked is controlled by the force with which the ring 18 is pushed down. Thus, light silken waists and the like may be locked with a very light pressure, while heavy overcoats and the like may be locked pressure sufiicient to hold them in place. In all of the modifications, the curve of the blades 5 isso'designed, and the blades are so arranged that theyiwill come down evenly all over the hanger 1 so as to avoid rubbing and possibly tearing delicate fab- IlCS.

Having now described my invention, I claim- 1. A garment hanger comprising a curved support, locking blades pivotally mounted on said support, resilient means normally causing said blades to press for a substantial portion of their length against the upper ace of said support, a shank projecting upwardly from said support, and upwardly extending finger grips on said blades so positioned on each side of said shank that as the shank is held in one hand the finger grips may be engaged by thefingers of said hand for movement toward said shank to operate said locking blades.

In a garment hanger, a support, cross pins fixedly mounted with relation to said support, locking blades normally engaging the upper face of said support for a' substantial portion of their length and pivotally mounted on said pins whereby to eliminate any sliding movement of said blades longitudinally of said support as- In a garment hanger, a support, lock- 7 ing means pivotally mounted upon said support, resilient means'forcausing said looking means to engage said support to look a garment thereon, and finger pieces asso ciated with said locking means to release the same, said locking means being located above the support and so formed as to provide a space for the. collars of coats and the like. I

4. In a garment hanger, the combination of a support for a coat or the like, a member for sustaining said support, a pair of arms for clamping a 'arment to said support, pivotally mounte on said support and normally engaglng the upper face thereof throughout a substantial part of their length, on either side of said sustaining member whereby to have movement in the arc of a circle only and resilient means for causin said clamping means to perform their 0 amping function.

5. In a garment hanger, a support, a pair of locking blades for clamping a U arment to said support, said blades being pivotallyaiaeie I mounted on said support and normally engaging the upper face oat-the support, resilient means for causing normally press against sai upper face, said blades each having an upwardly extending projection at its inner end to serve as finge grips.

6. In a garment hanger, a support, locksaid blades to in blades pivotally mounted on the upper si e of said sup ort, the clamping portions of said blades being parallel with said upper ence of two witnesses.

ALTON F. JOHNSON. Witnesses:

HARRY 0. Hanson, D. A. Ramona. 

